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At the end of 2023, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape rebranded and combined with the group Respect Together [31] and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The new name was the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect. On December 18, 2023, the 20-year-long CEO, Karen Baker, retired from the organization.
Thousands of crime victims each year are confronted with the difficult financial reality of state compensation programs that are billed as safety nets to offset costs like funerals, medical care ...
Nowadays, crime victims may be represented by a legal advisor throughout the legal process under the provisions of the latter Act. The Crime Victim Fund, established together with the Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, allows the provision of state compensation and of economic support for research, education and support on crime ...
Between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, the National Center for Victims of Crime was awarded one $1,337,875 in federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund the National Crime Victims Helpline. [40] [47] It was also awarded a $714,844 grant from the District of Columbia to fund the DC Victim Hotline. [48]
Credit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Getty Images. I n 2019, New York passed the Child Victims Act, a law that changed the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse, extending ...
In FIN-2009-R003, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network found: "A customer who participates in a state-created ACP shall be treated as not having a residential or business street address and a secretary of state, or other state entity serving as a designated agent of the customer consistent with the terms of the ACP, will act as another ...
A 2022 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report concluded that the U-visa program was mismanaged and susceptible to fraud, with fraudulent petitioners gaining U-visa benefits while legitimate victims had to wait for years. The report surveyed 57 law enforcement agencies across the United States and concluded that the U ...
Under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 46 codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3771, federal law enforcement officials must notify a child pornography victim (or his or her guardian if the victim is still a minor) each time the officials charge an offender with a child pornography offense related to an image depicting the victim.